Harrassment of Africans increased following comment by former Australian immigration chief - report

A report by the government of Australia links an uptick in violence against Africans in Australia directly to comments made by the former Immigration minister, Kevin Andrews, that Sudanese immigrants were failing to integrate and were engaging in crime.
UPI story

Ugly tribalism forging strange alliances

Article posted on May 31, 2008 by nairobichronicle
In spite of 1,500 ethnic-related killings early this year, Kenyan politicians continue to devise ethnic strategies in the bid for power if a forthcoming by election is any indicator.
And politicians formerly respected for their sobriety have jumped into the ethnic bandwagon further upping the stakes in the political [...]

Briefs: Food protests in Kenya - Police fire teargas to control crowds

Police have fired teargas into large crowds that gathered in Nairobi to protest the high food prices.
Earthtimes
PRInside

“If the IPO continues to go smoothly, it will provide a strong signal that Kenya is back on track” - BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek has an interesting article on Safaricom in it’s current issue.
Summary:
- Telecom sector is resilient and did well despite post-election turmoil
- Competition increasing for Safaricom, innovation from the top-down must continue for survival
-Safaricom is a testbed for Africa’s capital markets. If successful, foreign investment could follow
BusinessWeek story

Daughter of Kenyan immigrants forced to live at Heathrow airport when family fortunes change

picture source: Sue Reid/Daily Mail
Eram Dar was born in the UK 42 years ago to Kenyan immigrant parents. Her family was middle class and she did well in school and even hoped to become a lawyer although that did not materialise.
A skin condition forced her to stop working as a legal secretary and then it [...]

Safaricom IPO: KShs 236 billion to be refunded due to oversubscription

After shares of the Safaricom IPO last month were were over-subscribed by 532 percent, Kenya’s Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya, has announced that the bulk of the money will be refunded.
He noted that a positive side to this was that it had opened up Kenya’s capital markets to the international financial community.
Full Story in the Standard

Nigerian students ask all South Africans to leave Nigeria

A pamphlet circulated around the Nigerian capital city of Abuja today and delivered to the South African High Commission is asking all South Africans resident in Nigeria to leave with immediate effect.
The students behind the document charge that South Africans are responsible of “genocide” of Nigerians in South Africa and it has therefore become necessary [...]

New Zealand wants thorough investigation into death of journalist

New Zealand journalist, Trent Keegan, 33, was found murdered and left in a ditch along a Nairobi street on Wednesday.
Now, the government of New Zealand is calling for a thorough investigation into the circumstances behind his murder after details came out this morning that his head was bashed, had fatal wounds and foul play was [...]

Swede national arrested for attempted child rape in Kenya

A Swede national has been arrested by Kenyan police and accused of attempting to rape a 7-year old child. The incident is reported to have happened in the south-western part of Kenya and more information is not available at this time.
We will keep this story updated as we get new information.
The Local (Swedish English newspaper)

Kenya Airways net profits fall by 2.5% in the last 12 months; 5.6% for quarter

Kenya Airways profits dipped by KShs 3.9 billion (USD $62.8 million) in the 12 months ending in March compared to Kshs 4 billion last year. The post-election violence that rocked Kenya in December 2007 and into the first quarter of this year is cited as the reason for this loss.
Bloomberg report